Note: Answers to test follow….scroll down to see how you did (but don’t cheat)

This was my personal attempt. I focused on some standard memorization (present tense) but also worked on knowing my mnemonic phrases and the way each mnemonic phrase visually keys everything I need to recall the conjugations. BTW, I threw in a few extra tenses:

A lot can be learned by doing this exercise. You may have noticed that past tenses and perfect tenses, contain a past participle. Imperfect does not, and neither do future tenses. Why would they? It’s past participle. You may argue that future perfect shouldn’t, but there is an element of the past in this tense, so it makes sense to me.

Tense

Translation

Je

Tu

Il/Elle

Past Conditional

would have spoken

j’aurais parlé

tu aurais parlé

il aurait parlé

Pluperfect

had spoken

j’avais parlé

tu avais parlé

il avait parlé

Passé Composé

have spoken

j’ais parlé

tu as parlé

il a parlé

Imperfect

was speaking, spoke

je parlais

tu parlais

il parlait

Present

speak

je parle

tu parles

il parle

Future

will speak

je parlerai

tu parleras

il parlera

Conditional

would speak

je parlerais

tu parlerais

il parlerait

Future Perfect

will have spoken

j’aurai parlé

tu auras parlé

il aura parlé

Tense

Translation

Nous

Vous

Ils/Elles

Past Conditional

would have spoken

nous aurions parlé

vous auriez parlé

ils auraient parlé

Pluperfect

had spoken

nous avions parlé

vous aviez parlé

ils avaient parlé

Passé Composé

have spoken

nous avons parlé

vous avez parlé

ils ont parlé

Imperfect

was speaking, spoke

nous parlions

vous parliez

ils parlaient

Present

speak

nous parlons

vous parlez

ils parlent

Future

will speak

nous parlerons

vous parlerez

ils parleront

Conditional

would speak

nous parlerions

vous parleriez

ils parleraient

Future Perfect

will have spoken

nous aurons parlé

vous aurez parlé

ils auront parlé

I hope these mnemonics have helped or inspired you to create your own. If I was allowed to bring one piece of paper into a real French test, I would have these visual mnemonics on one side, and the overview…

on the other side. Another way viewing these visual mnemonics, next to an actual conjugation page, would look like this: